Lafayette township, Nicollet County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Lafayette township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
75% of Lafayette township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 640
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 63
- South: 10
- West: 10
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 265
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,800
Housing units in Lafayette township with a mortgage: 91 (5 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 29
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Construction (11%)
- Food (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (22%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lafayette township:
- German (74.3%)
- Norwegian (7.1%)
- Swedish (4.5%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- English (1.5%)
- Czech (1.2%)
- Irish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 269 (69%)
- Carpooled: 48 (12%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 55 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Wood (12%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
95.9% of residents of Lafayette township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 729- In family households: 668 (187 male householders, 36 female householders)
191 spouses, 247 children (237 natural, 4 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 61 (34 male householders (26 living alone)), 16 female householders (15 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 99 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person, 9 2-persons,
173 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (6 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
Here: | 34.7% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
Here: | 19.0% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 15.8% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |